Mountain saunas in Switzerland

Leukerbad, Switzerland

The Walliser Alpentherme stands on Leukerbad's village square, fed by the valley's thermal springs. Its Valais sauna village is laid out like a mountain hamlet across 300 square metres of cabins. A Roman-Irish bath runs eleven hot air, steam and thermal stations and ends in a soap brush massage.

Scuol, Switzerland

Bogn Engiadina Scuol is a mineral-water bath house in the Lower Engadine. Its sauna landscape holds an Aufguss sauna, a fireplace sauna with an open fire, a mild warm-air sauna, a women's sauna and a steam room. Aufguss rounds run hourly, and an outdoor pool and Kneipp basin handle the cooling.

Tujetsch, Switzerland

Bogn Sedrun is the municipal bath at Sedrun, near the source of the Rhine, with a wellness floor kept apart from the pool hall. Three saunas run there, at 60 and 90 degrees indoors and 80 degrees outside with an infusion stove. A Roman bath, a Kneipp course and a roof terrace complete the floor.

Serneus, Switzerland

Hotel Bad Serneus has drawn on the Serneus sulphur spring since the 19th century, in a wooded valley near Klosters. A mineral-water pool sits alongside a spa floor with a sauna, a steam bath and a cold tub. A heated bench offers the same contrast at a slower pace.

St. Moritz, Switzerland

The Alpine Spa belongs to the Grand Hotel des Bains, built over the mineral springs that made the town a resort. Four saunas, indoor and outdoor pools and a gym fill 2,800 square metres under the Engadine peaks. Visitors who are not staying at the hotel can book a day pass.

Ovronnaz, Switzerland

Les Bains d'Ovronnaz sits at 1,342 metres in the Valais Alps. More than 600 square metres of thermal pools face the mountains, across two outdoor pools, an indoor pool and a jacuzzi. The spa alongside holds a sauna, a hammam and a Kneipp circuit.

Val-de-Charmey, Switzerland

A thermal leisure centre at 900 metres above the village of Charmey, fed by mineral water from the Creux du Loup spring. The saunas sit in a Nordic pavilion and the steam rooms in an Oriental one, with heated indoor and outdoor pools alongside. The outdoor water looks straight out at the Fribourg Prealps.

Lavey-Morcles, Switzerland

Les Bains de Lavey draws on the hottest thermal spring in Switzerland, which surfaces at 65 degrees. Indoor and outdoor pools sit below the Dents de Morcles, and the sauna wing holds nordic, naturist, bio and salt-air cabins. Five themed hammams and an Aufguss ceremony run alongside them.

Hérémence, Switzerland

Les Grands Bains d'Hérémence is a bathing house above the Val d'Hérens, with indoor and outdoor pools facing the Valais peaks. An upper floor for over-16s holds two large saunas, two oak cabins scented with herbs and lavender, and a hammam. Three sensory grottoes and a tisanerie sit below.

Leukerbad, Switzerland

Leukerbad Therme is the largest thermal bath in the Alps, fed by springs that surface at 51 degrees. Ten pools spread across indoor and outdoor levels below the Daubenhorn. Its sauna area is textile free, adults only, and names each room after a surrounding peak.

Bex, Switzerland

Riversong sits in the Vallon de Nant above Bex, where salt water from the Rippaz spring feeds open-air baths. A tub for six, four larch barrels and a cold bath stand on the hillside, each heated by wood fire. The site has no sauna.

Grône, Switzerland

A wooden sauna set on the shore of Lac de la Corne, with a panoramic window facing the Valais mountains. Guests move between the heat, a plunge in the lake and a heated tepee, in hour-long booked sessions. Some days are given over to music and talk, the rest to silence.

Beckenried, Switzerland

Schwitzchaschtä is a sauna wagon on the shore of the Vierwaldstättersee, heated with beech wood. It holds up to six people and is booked by the hour for one party, with the lake to cool off in. The wagon moves with the season, standing at Rütenen in Beckenried in summer.

Sigriswil, Switzerland

Solbadhotel Sigriswil sits above the Thunersee, with a brine pool at the centre of its wellness floor. Its chalet-style sauna landscape holds a Finnish sauna, a herb bio sauna, a salt-stone cabin and an outdoor hot-air sauna. A cold plunge, a Kneipp basin and outdoor whirlpools complete it, and day visitors can buy single entry.

Mörel, Switzerland

The Salina Maris bathing and wellness centre sits above Mörel at Breiten, built around a nationally recognised brine spring. Its indoor pool holds 33 degree water drawn from that source. The Aquamarin wellness room adds a sauna and a steam bath, sold on its own ticket.